UNESCO has reprimanded Israel over a newspaper cartoon showing the Israeli prime minister telling pilots to bomb the UN agency’s office after bombing Iran, said Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
The cartoon was published in the liberal daily Haaretz, known for its criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government.
It depicts Netanyahu and his defense minister briefing pilots before a hypothetical attack on Iran, telling them to target UNESCO’s office in the West Bank on their way back.
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The cartoon was a taking jab at Netanyahu’s policies and his displeasure over the UN culture agency’s recent recognition of the Palestinians as a member state.
The reprimand reflects an apparent misunderstanding of the cartoon — which was aimed at Netanyahu, not at UNESCO.
Palmor said the Israeli ambassador responded by telling UNESCO his country has a free press. “We’ve heard of Islamists raging against supposedly disrespectful cartoons, but UN officials going down the same road — that’s a whole new ball game,” Palmor said.
(AP)
聯合國教科文組織最近為了以色列一家報紙刊登一則漫畫,內容描述以國總理叫飛行員在轟炸伊朗後,接著轟炸該組織辦公室,對以國提出譴責,以國外交部發言人帕莫說。
這則漫畫是自由派的日報《國土報》所刊登,該報素以批評納坦雅胡的強硬派政府著稱。
漫畫中描繪納坦雅胡及國防部長向正要對伊朗發動假設性攻擊的飛行員下指令,叫他們在回程途中順道轟炸約旦河西岸的聯合國教科文組織辦公室。
這則漫畫旨在批評納坦雅胡的政策,以及他對教科文組織最近承認巴勒斯坦為會員國的不滿。
但譴責行動也反映出該組織很顯然誤解了漫畫原意,漫畫家批評的對象是納坦雅胡,而非教科文組織。
帕莫表示,以國大使回應教科文組織說,以國媒體享有言論自由。「我們都聽過伊斯蘭主義者對據稱失敬的漫畫動怒,但連聯合國官員也如出一轍,這倒是個全新局面,」帕莫說。
(美聯社/翻譯:俞智敏)
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